Lambie spills on ‘cheap’ date with Xenophon

JACQUI Lambie has opened up about single life and her hunt for a new job after resigning from the Senate last year for holding dual citizenship.

The former Tasmanian senator - who jokes she got out of federal politics at the wrong time if it's become "50 Shades of Parly" - has also spoken about her one and only date with maverick politician Nick Xenophon.

"I'm out at the wrong time. I just can't win on this single stuff," Ms Lambie told Brisbane radio Hit 105 while on tour to launch her autobiography Rebel With a Cause.

Asked about the recent scandal over former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's affair with his former staffer, Vikki Campion, Ms Lambie joked: "I'm single when everything's playing up in Parly. There really is no God is there? Fair go."

She revealed she and former South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon had been on a date once, but it didn't work out.

Jacqui Lambie in Bendigo to promote her book. Picture: Rob Leeson

"I did try with Nick Xenophon once but he took me on a cheap date - cheapskate," Ms Lambie told the radio station.

"He took me to Kentucky Fried Chicken so that was it."

She said she may have changed her mind if he had chosen a better restaurant.

"I may have changed my mind. He may have got to first base, who knows," she joked.